Degradation mechanisms of 2 MeV proton irradiated AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

Greenlee, Jordan D.; Specht, Petra; Anderson, Travis J.; Koehler, Andrew D.; Weaver, Bradley D.; Luysberg, Martina; Dubon, Oscar D.; Kub, Francis J.; Weatherford, Todd R.; Hobart, Karl D.

doi:10.1063/1.4929583

Title: Degradation mechanisms of 2 MeV proton irradiated AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

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^[1]; Specht, Petra ^[2]; Anderson, Travis J. ^[1]; Koehler, Andrew D. ^[1]; Weaver, Bradley D. ^[1]; Luysberg, Martina ^[3]; Dubon, Oscar D. ^[2]; Kub, Francis J. ^[1]; Weatherford, Todd R. ^[4]; Hobart, Karl D. ^[1]

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20375, USA
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
ERC, Research Center Juelich GmbH, 52425 Juelich, Germany
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California 93943, USA

Publication Date:: 2015-08-26

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1229644

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Applied Physics Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Volume: 107 Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Greenlee, Jordan D., Specht, Petra, Anderson, Travis J., Koehler, Andrew D., Weaver, Bradley D., Luysberg, Martina, Dubon, Oscar D., Kub, Francis J., Weatherford, Todd R., and Hobart, Karl D. Degradation mechanisms of 2 MeV proton irradiated AlGaN/GaN HEMTs.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Greenlee, Jordan D., Specht, Petra, Anderson, Travis J., Koehler, Andrew D., Weaver, Bradley D., Luysberg, Martina, Dubon, Oscar D., Kub, Francis J., Weatherford, Todd R., & Hobart, Karl D. Degradation mechanisms of 2 MeV proton irradiated AlGaN/GaN HEMTs.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4929583

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                    Greenlee, Jordan D., Specht, Petra, Anderson, Travis J., Koehler, Andrew D., Weaver, Bradley D., Luysberg, Martina, Dubon, Oscar D., Kub, Francis J., Weatherford, Todd R., and Hobart, Karl D. Wed .  
        "Degradation mechanisms of 2 MeV proton irradiated AlGaN/GaN HEMTs".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4929583.

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  title        = {Degradation mechanisms of 2 MeV proton irradiated AlGaN/GaN HEMTs},

  author       = {Greenlee, Jordan D. and Specht, Petra and Anderson, Travis J. and Koehler, Andrew D. and Weaver, Bradley D. and Luysberg, Martina and Dubon, Oscar D. and Kub, Francis J. and Weatherford, Todd R. and Hobart, Karl D.},

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  doi          = {10.1063/1.4929583},

  journal      = {Applied Physics Letters},

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  volume       = 107,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2015},

  month        = {8}

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